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From DNA to Protein
Name: _____________________
1. What does DNA stand for?
2. What is DNA’s primary function?
3. What is the function of proteins?
4. What are the repeating subunits that make up DNA?
5. Name the 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide.
6. Name the 4 nitrogen bases on DNA.
7. What makes up the sides of a DNA molecule?
8. What makes up the “ladder rungs” of a DNA molecule?
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9. Name the complementary base pairs on DNA.
10. Why must DNA be able to make copies of itself?
11. What acts as the template in DNA replication?
12. If the sequence of nucleotides on the original DNA strand was A-G-G-C-T-A,
what would the nucleotide sequence on the complementary strand of DNA?
13. When replication is complete, how do the two new DNA molecules compare to
each other and the original DNA molecule?
14. What sugar is found in DNA?
15. What sugar is found in RNA?
16. What base is missing on RNA, and what other base replaces it?
17. Uracil will pair with what other nitrogen base on DNA?
18. Is RNA double or single stranded?
19. Name 3 types of RNA.
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20. Which type of RNA copies DNA’s instructions in the nucleus?
21. What is the function of tRNA? What does tRNA transport?
22. What is the mRNA strand that would be copied from this DNA strand?
GGC TAT ATC CTG CGC TAT
ACG CTA
23. What does the m in mRNA stand for?
24. What is the function of mRNA?
25. What are 3 differences between RNA and DNA?
26. If the following strand is a tRNA, what is the sequence of the DNA strand it
copied itself from?
UUA CGC CGG GAU UAA GCU CGA AUA
27. What does rRNA do?
28. Name the two places in the cell where you can find RNA.
29. Name the place in the cell where you can find DNA.
30. Draw an mRNA strand that would complement the DNA strand CCAAT.
31. In your picture above, circle an RNA nucleotide.
32. Using a concept map or flow chart, include the following terms:
 chromosomes
 genes
 DNA
 nitrogen bases
 nucleotides
 codons
 amino acids
 proteins
33. Compare DNA replication and transcription.